19560 Temple, PA is an active and vibrant community with a wide range of local politics. Many local citizens are passionate about engaging in the political process and regularly attend town hall meetings or participate in rallies where important issues are discussed. The local government is led by a mayor who works with the Town Council to create policies that benefit the residents of 19560 Temple, PA. There are also numerous public officials including judges, police officers, and fire fighters as well as state representatives and senators working to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all who reside in this small town. Every year during election season, there is an influx of candidates vying for office, allowing citizens to cast a vote for whom they feel will be best suited to serve their interests.
The political climate in Zip 19560 (Temple, PA) is leaning conservative.
Berks County, PA is leaning conservative. In Berks County, PA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berks county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Berks county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 19560 (Temple, PA) is leaning conservative.
Temple, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Berks County, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Reading Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Temple, Pennsylvania: r r d r r r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 19560 (Temple)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $4,502 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $35,532 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $523 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)